Essay Archive - A Book of Double Meanings
A Book of Double Meanings
How many books has a person read in which two different stories could be interrupted from it? One such book is Gulliver's Travels by Jonathon Swift. This book has been read by many children as an adventure story and by most adults as a devastating satire of society. In the book, Gulliver's Travels, Swift criticizes the corruption of the English government, society, science, religion, and man in general.
First, Gulliver travels to Lilliput, whose inhabitants are under the constant criticism of Swift. Swift uses the events within Lilliput to make severe criticisms of Engla....
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